Tommy
July 15, 2009 Lenses, Photo, Review, Video
Tired of always answering the same question in every forum I go to, I have decided to make a blog post about it… So you want to get a 70-200 lens but dont know which one to buy? Should it be the 70-200Lf4, the 70-200Lf4 IS, the 70-200f2.8L or the 70-200f2.8L IS ? To answer these questions, I would ask ...
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July 11, 2009 News&Rumors, Review
My university background is in business. I have a Bachelor and Master degree in these fields. I know all about the importance of networking, or what to do when the work setting turns bitter, etc… Yet, up until recently, I never had a business card to promote my photography business. I had my reasons: no defined photographic style, no time ...
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July 10, 2009 Photo, Review
With the redesign of the blog, I decided to put more emphasis the books I read to learn about photography, video and imaging. To prove that I actually own these books, I have taken a picture of each one, and there are a few more on the way too! One of my favorite of the stack is The Photographer’s Eye. ...
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July 8, 2009 News&Rumors, On the web
Procrastination is over! I spent the whole night tweaking the site to make it more visually pleasing by adding pictures and by moving some of the least used sections to the footer. I have also reduced the number of articles on the main page to speed up the load time. I have not had the time to do all the ...
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July 2, 2009 The Basics
This is a repost from my old blog. It was one of the most visited page and since I keep seeing people asking the same question over and over again, I think it would be a good idea to forward them here. I have a few more of these posts that I will file under ‘learning the basics’. Using tools ...
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June 29, 2009 On the web
Note: this article is a translation from French of the excellent article written by Stéphane on his Folo blog. There are already a few articles on this topic on the net but Stéphane post is well illustrated and simple. Of course, cleaning your camera sensor can be a dangerous operation and I cant be responsible of the result. Do it at ...
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June 26, 2009 Photo
Unless you are very lucky, you have probably noticed that not all your lenses focus perfectly every time. Some might focus a little bit in front of the subject, others a bit behind it. These issues appear mostly when using a long and wide aperture lens such as the 50mm 1.8 (or 1.4) where the depth of field is less ...
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June 22, 2009 Photo, Video
I don’t know how things are going for you guys but I have been hunting for 5D Mark II batteries for a while. A little bit frustrated, I went to one of the big camera store in Montreal and decided to have a talk with one of the rep to understand what was going on. After the initial “Canon cant ship them ...
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June 21, 2009 Photo, Video
Sorry for this NSFW (Not Safe For Work) post, but I think it is worth it! Last night, I was at the final event of the Montreal Design and Fashion week in Montreal. Of course, I totally forgot about the event until it was too late to secure a press pass so I had to shoot from the crowd. It ...
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June 20, 2009 The Basics, Video
Before the release of the firmware update, I wrote an article about why controlling the shutter speed would be as important for us, cinephotographers, as controlling the aperture. I promised to show an example video at the time. Well, it took some time but I finally managed to get the required clips! The best subject for such an example would ...
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June 16, 2009 Review, Video
Here it is guys, my review of the Zacuto Rapid Fire! I still have not used with it enough to feel like I have toped out but I have played enough to give it a fair critic. An updated version will come out once I get my Zfinder. Usability I had a hard time to make up my mind between ...
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June 13, 2009 On the web
To save you some time, I compiled a list of all the Vimeo groups related to the 5D Mark II that I could find. As much as I like Vimeo, I wish it was impossible to post videos to more than one group. I understand the reasons why it would not be practical but at the same time, it is ...
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